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      Christine Sun Kim, Close Readings, 2015, four-channel video; 25:53 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2020.79.2, © 2015 Christine Sun Kim. Courtesy of the artist and François Ghebaly, Los Angeles

      Artwork Details

      Title
      Close Readings
      Artist
      Collaborators
      Date
      2015
      Location
      Not on view
      Copyright
      © 2015 Christine Sun Kim. Courtesy of the artist and François Ghebaly, Los Angeles
      Credit Line
      Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
      Mediums Description
      four-channel video; 25:53 minutes
      Classifications
      Digital Catalogue
      Musical Thinking: New Video Art and Sonic Strategies
      Object Number
      2020.79.2
      Linked Open Data
      https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2020.79.2

      Artwork Description

      Through her art, Kim encourages audiences to attend to the links between music and meaning, sound and other senses, perception and interpretation, and various modes of communication. She uses scores, graphical notation and text, and performance and media installations to explore how she and the larger Deaf community establish their own relationships to the world of sound.

      For Close Readings, Kim edited together clips from five movies, removed the sound, and partially blurred the visuals. Then she invited four Deaf or hard-of-hearing collaborators to write unique captions, which she added to each channel above the existing studio captions. The four screens play in sync, showing vastly different verbal interpretations of the same scene and soundtrack, and underscoring how different approaches to captioning significantly impact viewing experiences.

      Musical Thinking: New Video Art and Sonic Strategies, 2023

      Works by this artist (4 items)

      Christine Sun Kim, One Week of Lullabies for Roux, 2018, seven tracks, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2020.79.1, © 2018 Christine Sun Kim. Courtesy of the artist and François Ghebaly, Los Angeles
      One Week of Lullabies for Roux
      Artist
      Date2018
      seven tracks, sound
      Not on view
      Christine Sun Kim, Close Readings, 2015, four-channel video; 25:53 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2020.79.2, © 2015 Christine Sun Kim. Courtesy of the artist and François Ghebaly, Los Angeles
      Close Readings
      Artist
      Date2015
      four-channel video; 25:53 minutes
      Not on view
      Christine Sun Kim, The Star-Spangled Banner (Third Verse), 2020, charcoal on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase and purchase through the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and through the Julia D. Strong Endowment, 2021.31.1, © 2020, Christine Sun Kim. Courtesy of the artist and François Ghebaly, Los Angeles
      The Star-Spangled Banner (Third Verse)
      Artist
      Date2020
      charcoal on paper
      Not on view
      Christine Sun Kim, America the Beautiful, 2020, charcoal on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase and purchase through the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and through the Julia D. Strong Endowment, 2021.31.2, © 2020, Christine Sun Kim. Courtesy of the artist and François Ghebaly, Los Angeles
      America the Beautiful
      Artist
      Date2020
      charcoal on paper
      Not on view

      Related Books

      The cover of the publication Musical Thinking New Video Art & Sonic Strategies
      Musical Thinking: New Video Art and Sonic Strategies 
      Exploring the powerful resonances between recent video art and popular music, the exhibition Musical Thinking: New Video Art and Sonic Strategies features ten leading contemporary artists and the work.

      Exhibitions

      Media - 2020.54.1 - SAAM-2020.54.1_2 - 139600
      Musical Thinking: New Video Art and Sonic Strategies
      June 23, 2023–January 28, 2024
      Smithsonian American Art Museum
      Musical Thinking explores the powerful resonances between recent video art and popular music.

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